Euthanasia, efficiency, and the historical distinction between killing a patient and allowing a patient to die

Voluntary active euthanasia and physician assisted suicide should not be legalised because too much that is important about living and dying will be lost In the first of this two part series, I unpack the historical philosophical distinction between killing and allowing a patient to die in order to...

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Main Author: Bishop, J. P. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2006
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 220-224
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